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<\/p>\nI decided to jump on the Ariana Grande bandwagon and write my little version of her recently released song, \u201cThank you, next\u201d The song, which is also a love letter to herself, is an ode to all her exes thanking them for all the lessons they have taught her along the way.<\/p>\n
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I immediately started thinking about the concept of\u00a0rejection\u00a0<\/em>and how, in the past few weeks, I have come to think of it more constructively. Rejection from anyone is one of the hardest things to face and, like many, I\u2019ve had my fair share of them. Whether it is in a job application, a passion project or fitting in, there have been many harsh let downs\u00a0that have made me almost want to give up. But in the recent weeks, I’ve started seeing rejection as a good thing! I see it as life\u2019s way of filtering out what doesn\u2019t belong to you or, better yet, pushing you to reach your true potential. Like failure<\/a>, I think there are lessons to be learned and sometimes we just have to hit rejection<\/em> back with a\u00a0\u201cthank you, next!\u201d<\/p>\n Of course, no one wants more rejection, but I see it more as a refining tool. And if you continue to believe in yourself, the only dent rejection can put on you is a more polished look. There is a fine line between letting rejection reach your core by making you insecure and\u00a0maintaining control by taking it apart, learning your lessons, and moving on. Truthfully, it is easier said than done, but I have been trying to make a conscious effort to meet it with more positivity.<\/p>\n I decided to jump on the Ariana Grande bandwagon and write my little version of her recently released song, \u201cThank you, next\u201d The song, which is also a love letter to herself, is an ode to all her exes thanking them for all the lessons they have taught her along the way. I immediately started thinking about the concept of\u00a0rejection\u00a0and how, in the past few weeks, I have come to think of it more constructively. Rejection from anyone is one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,102,75],"tags":[1382,363,759,1336,1383],"class_list":["post-13974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature","category-love-armenyl","category-petit-mot","tag-ariana-grande","tag-flowers","tag-life-lessons","tag-self-portraits","tag-thank-you-next"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13974"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14128,"href":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13974\/revisions\/14128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Fashion](\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/The-Flower-Head-a-Self-Portrait-Series-by-Armenyl-5.jpg\")
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<\/p>\nThink about it this way, do you want to fight to work with anyone or be with anyone who doesn\u2019t believe in you? As much as you love that thing or person, chances are you are better off elsewhere. \u00a0Or on the other side of things\u2014and this is the one I\u2019ve been more driven by\u2014who doesn\u2019t love sweet revenge? All the rejection I have faced has pushed me to work harder and to make myself impossible to ignore. I want my presence and work to send out vibrations to shake up what is mine, and if it is still being rejected I see it as it is not there yet!<\/div>\nI love that I can now confidently say BYE! to who and what is not for me because I know it only gets me closer to myself and what\u2019s really mine.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n
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\u00a0So thank you, you\u2019ve done me a great favor! Next!<\/h2>\nPhotographs are self-portraits I shot and styled.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"